Carriage-fender



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CARRIAGE FENDER.

No. 423,024. Patented Mar. 1l, 1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

CHARLES S. CAFFREY, OF CAMDEN, NV JERSEY.

CARRIAGE-FEN DER.,

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,024, dated March 11, 1890.

Application led November 4, 1889. Serial No. 329,175. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES S. CAEEREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Fenders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to fenders to be attachedto the front of carriages by the shaftvbar or the whiffietree, respectively, for shielding the carriage and its occupants from dirt thrown up by the hoofs of the horses; and it consists, exclusively, in devices applied to the usual form of fender for supporting the same adj ust-ably or otherwise from the shaft-bar for shaft-wagons or the whiffletree for polewagons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a front elevation of my improved fender as applied to a pole-wagon, showing the arrangement of two fenders on each side of the pole, supported on the whiiiletree by means of arms proceeding from a part of the stiffening-ring., Fig. 2 is a detached view from the rear of one end of the stiifening and supporting rim, the arm arising therefrom, and the end of the whifiietree to which it is attached. Fig. 3 is a side view of the part-s Fig. 4 is a detached View of a section of the device, showing the modification of the mode of securing the supporting-arm to the whifletree in such manner as to make it detachable therefrom at pleasure. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the line c b of Fig, 4.

Various means have heretofore been employed for preserving the carriage and its occupants from dirt thrown up in the manner mentioned, all of which are unnecessary to be described or referred to, excepting only that of which use is made in connection with my invention, viz: A screen of wireA is stretched upon a metallic frame B D of about rectangular form, and across the lateral center thereof is placed a stiifening-bar C, welded to the metallic frame B D. i

The frame B in that portion of it marked D, which is intended to be below the shaftbar or the whiffletree, is bent at an angle with the portion B above the shaft-bar or the whiffletree, the angle beginning at or about the point at which the stiffening-bar C is located, as shown in the drawings, and which is about the lateral center of the whole fender, and this rear portion D is preferably made with a slight curvature. The diiiiculty heretofore has been to support such afender on the carriage-body, or rather on the whifetree thereof, in such a manner that it would not become loose or shaky by the constant jarring of the wagon; nor have such devices been successfully applied in any manner to shaft-wagons; and my invention applies to and consists of means to support a fender of the character described and to overcome the difficulties mentioned. This I accomplish by weldin g or otherwise permanently securing on opposite sides, and from either the encircling rim B D, preferably in that part of it 1n the rear of the stiffening-bar C, or from the stiffening-bar O itself, a pair of supportingarms E E, the extended end of each of which is flattened to accommodate itself to the shape of the whiiietree, and having one or more slots, through which and through the said whiffletree pass bolts c e, securely fastening the same together.

Thus it will be seen that the fender is held in proper location relative to the carriage, and so firmly supported and secured that it cannot jar or vibrate independent of the carriage itself. Instances may arise in which it,

is desirable to adjustably secure a supporting-arm E to the shaft-bar or the whiifietree, and to that end I have constructed a modification, (shown in Figs. 4 `and 5,) which consists of a plate F, secured to the whifiietree and having a raised central portion,which is recessed to admit the passage therethrough of an extension G of the arm E. This eXtension-piece is provided with a stop-knob g, and a forward portion thereof passes through the recess of the plate F, and is internally recessed and screw-threaded to admit into such recess the end of set-screw H, by means of which the parts are held firmly together and may be detached at pleasure.`

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 1. A carriage-fender consisting of a sheet of stiened wire A, a supporting-frame B D,

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a recessed central portion, said supportingarlnsE passing through said central raised portion of the plate F, and having a stopknob g and an internally screw-threaded recessed end, and a set-screw H, adapted to it therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- Xed my signature this 28th day of Octeber, Y

CHAS. S. CAFFREY. Witnesses:

FREDk J oHNsoN, J AMES M. CAssADY. 

